Some lucky Virgin Islander will win a $5,000 special seat at a Marc Anthony concert that will include a photo reception with President Barack Obama for only a $19.17 donation to the Obama-Biden campaign.
The concert will be on June 26 at the Filmore in Miami Beach and the winner will attend a pre-concert reception with the president.
An email being circulated states: “We’ve gotten permission from the campaign to have a ‘USVI’ raffle for a VIP ticket/photo reception with President Obama at the Fillmore in South Beach. The event will include a concert by five-time Grammy award winner Marc Anthony. Normally these tickets would cost $5,000, but we’re having a drawing in which individuals will be entered into a drawing each time they contribute $19.17.”
For the chance to win, you should donate through the USVI online donation link ONLY at http://my.barackobama.com/usvirginislandsovfmain.
The drawing will be held Friday night.
The campaign to re-elect Obama has used this fund-raising technique for months, offering dinners with the president at George Clooney’s house or with Sarah Jessica Parker. This is the first one specific to Virgin Islanders.
When contacted, Marjorie Roberts, a member of the national finance committee, said she thought the $19.17 was a nice touch since the Virgin Islands was purchased by the United States in 1917.
To buy tickets directly for the event and for all event Information please click here: https://my.barackobama.com/June26MiamiConcerthttps://my.barackobama.com/June26MiamiConcert
Contributions had to have been made for only eight days between June 13 and June
21 (5 p.m.) to qualify for the drawing.
For more information, email [email protected]
As is the case with all the special dinners and events, the winner will be vetted before being officially allowed to spend time with the president.
In Miami: That’s the only chance anyone from here who would care to meet him will get a chance to meet him. Because, he ain’t coming here. He probably doesn’t even know where “here” is. You’d think that with the obvious African connection that he’d want to come here and connect with his ethnic ancestry. Celebrate the culture. But no, you gotta win a chance to go to Miami for a fake photo op. And THAT defines this bird: Fake. Fake from the get go. Of course he went to Puerto Rico when he was looking for some “Hispanic’ votes. But couldn’t hop over to the VI. No, this bird doesn’t care one lick about the VI. There’s just not enough buckaroos to suck out of our pockets to fuel his campaign. In November, this bird is gonna fly the coop and that will be our first day of economic recovery. He’ll then have all the time he wants to spend on the Island of Martha’s Vinyard. Then, maybe he’ll have some time to spend on the island of STX. But don’t hold your breath.